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The past is present here…
There are three distinct Indian collections housed at the Museum. Arthur D. Grutzmacher, a local resident who grew up on a farm in the Town of Vernon and began collecting arrowheads as a boy, willed the original collection to the Mukwonago Library in 1965. The Mukwonago Historical Society and Museum was formed in 1967 to take care of his collection, which includes more than 10,000 prehistoric Indian artifacts. You can see items from the Grutzmacher collection on display at both at the Museum and the Mukwonago Library. Charles G. Schoewe, a Waukesha County resident, donated the second collection directly to the Museum in 1970. His collection includes projectile points, moccasins, baskets, pottery, bowls, pipes, and other tribal material from Wisconsin and other parts of the U.S. The third collection was donated in 1982 by a descendant of William West Kirkby, a missionary who lived among First Nations people in the subarctic region of Canada in the mid 1800s. The Kirkby collection includes moccasins, embroidered gloves, belts woven from porcupine quills, beadwork, and more. Whether your interest is prehistoric stone artifacts or exquisite beadwork from the fur trade era and beyond, something is certain to catch your eye in the Indian...
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About the Museum
The Mukwonago museum is located at 103 Main Street, at the west side of the intersection of Highway 83 and CTH ES. The museum is open the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, June through September. If you would like to schedule a tour of the Red Brick Museum, or to find out more information, please call the museum at (262) 363-6413.
Museum History
Located in the heart of downtown Mukwonago, Wisconsin, the Mukwonago Museum was first established in 1967, the Red Brick House was purchased with funds left by Mr. Arthur Grutzmacher. Built in 1842 by original Mukwonago settler Sewall Andrews, the home has been restored to a lovely Victorian house, reminiscent of the post-Civil War period.
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P.O. Box 392
Mukwonago, WI 53149
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By Phone
262-363-6413
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There are three distinct Indian collections housed at the Museum. Arthur D. Grutzmacher, a local resident who grew up on a farm in the Town of Vernon and began collecting arrowheads as a boy, willed the original collection to the Mukwonago Library in 1965. The Mukwonago Historical Society and Museum was formed in 1967 to take care of his collection, which includes more than 10,000 prehistoric Indian artifacts. You can see items from the Grutzmacher collection on display at both at the Museum and the Mukwonago Library. Charles G....